Andic languages

Branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family
Andic
Geographic
distribution
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Linguistic classificationNortheast Caucasian
Glottologandi1254

The Andic languages are a branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family. They are often grouped together with the Avar language and (formerly) with the Tsezic (Didoic) languages to form an Avar–Andic (or Avar–Andic–Didoic) branch of that family.

Internal branching

Schulze (2009)[1] gives the following family tree:

  • Andic languages
    • Andi (Qwannab)
    • Akhvakh–Tindi
      • Akhvakh
      • Karata–Tindi
        • Karata (Kirdi)
        • Botlikh–Tindi
          • Botlikh
          • Godoberi
          • Chamalal
          • Bagvalal–Tindi
            • Bagvalal
            • Tindi

References

  1. ^ Schulze, Wolfgang (2009). "The Languages of the Caucasus" (PDF).
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Caucasian
(areal)
South
(Kartvelian)
Northeast
(Caspian)
Avar–Andic
Dargin
Lezgic
Nakh
Tsezic (Didoic)
Others
Northwest
(Pontic)
Indo-
European
Iranian
Slavic
Others
Turkic
Kipchak
Oghuz
Others
  • Italics indicate extinct languages
  • Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
See also
Languages of Armenia
Languages of Azerbaijan
Languages of Georgia
Languages of Russia


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